This weekend's stages of the Tour de France have something for every type of rider: gritty rolling terrain designed for bold breakaway artists, a scorching downhill finish for the sprinters and the first real mountain climbs for the lithe yellow jersey contenders.

Unheralded French rider Cyril Dessel took the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey Wednesday on the first high altitude stage, and American Floyd Landis fell from second to fifth overall. Juan Miguel Mercado of Spain won the stage, beating Dessel in a sprint to the line at Pau.

Wednesday's 10th stage of the Tour de France is one of three in the Pyrenees range that straddles the France-Spain border. The Pyrenees are home to some of the Tour's most fabled climbs, but this year's edition could be seen as Mountains Lite.